Jonathan Huber (born December 16, 1979) is a professional American wrestler and actor who signed a contract with WWE, where he appeared on the SmackDown brand under the banner name Harper (abbreviated from the name ring and Luke Harper ) and is part of the Bludgeon Brothers tag team with Rowan, with whom he is one of the Tag Team Champion Smackdowns in their first government as a team and both individual governments.
Huber was previously known for his work on an independent circuit under his former ring name Brodie Lee , especially in Chikara and Squared Circle Wrestling (2CW). On a national scale, he wrestled in the Ring of Honor (ROH), and internationally, he wrestled in Japan for Dragon Gate (DG).
At WWE, Huber is a former NXT Tag Team Champion with Wyatt Family teammates Erick Rowan, one-time Intercontinental Champion and SmackDown Team Champion twice, once with Wyatt Family teammates Bray Wyatt and Randy Orton, with their three defenders on under the Freebird Rules, once with Rowan as Brother Bludgeon. He was the first wrestler to win the tag team championship at NXT and WWE's main list.
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Huber first broke into professional wrestling as a backyard wrestler, performing under the name Huberboy # 2 ring with the likes of Colin Delaney and his real life brother, who worked as Huberboy # 1. Huber was eventually trained officially by Kirby Marcos and Rik Matrix in Rochester, New York and Tony Mamaluke in Schenectady, New York, and debuted for Roc City Wrestling (RCW) in late 2002, working under the mask as Huberboy # 2. He finally unmasked while still using Huberboy # 2. During 2003, Huber began working as Brodie Lee for Rochester Pro Wrestling (RPW). He came up with the name Brodie Lee from the movie Mallrats by combining the names of actor Jason Lee and his character Brodie Bruce. Huber calls Rick Rude, Jake Roberts, and the Big Show as his influence. All the time in RPW, later renamed NWA Upstate and then again to NWA New York, Lee then won several championships including a heavyweight championship on three separate occasions, a tag team championship once and a television championship once, which he also went on to unite with Kayfabe Dojo Championship. Huber has described his original gimmick "The Right Stuff" as "just having fun" and "being an explorer".
Chikara (2007-2012)
Huber made his debut for Chikara, based in Philadelphia on March 24, 2007, at Time Will Prove Everything, using Brodie Lee's "The Right Stuff" gimmick and losing to Equinox. Lee was originally not scheduled to grapple on the show, but instead visited backstage with friends. However, when Reckless Youth did not show the show, Chikara's Mike Quackenbush's booker offered Lee a chance to get into the ring. Lee returned to the company two months later, defeating Equinox in a rematch and start a non-embedded or handed-in streak that lasts for the rest of the year. In August, Lee aligns himself with Olsen Twins (Colin and Jimmy) and adopts the nickname "Big Rig" and a more serious gimmick of a truck driver. Lee and the Olsen Twins are scheduled to enter the 2008 King of Trio tournament as Team Dr. Keith, but after Colin signed a contract with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), the team lacked one person. A random draw picked Retail Dragon as his successor, but after he dropped the decisive fall in their opening round match against Cheech, Cloudy and m.c.KZ, Lee lit it while simultaneously ending his alliance with Jimmy Olsen in the process.
In April 2008, Bullying Lee's small wrestler caused Claudio Castagnoli to issue a challenge to him. Their first match on 20 April ended at Castagnoli disqualified for inadvertently kicking the match referee. The second game on 24 May ended the same way, this time Lee was disqualified for kicking the referee. This resulted in no disqualification match on July 13, which Lee won after a nuisance from Shayne Hawke and Mitch Ryder, both of whom had a grudge with Castagnoli for breaking up The Kings of Wrestling a year earlier. The bickering of Lee and Castagnoli ended on September 7, 2008, in Chikara's first steel enclosure, with Castagnoli winning.
In late 2008, Lee aligned himself with Eddie Kingston and Grizzly Redwood to form a stable called The Roughnecks. On February 21, 2009, The Roughnecks defeated UltraMantis Black, Crossbones and Sami Callihan to gain a place in the 2009 King of Trios tournament. On March 27, The Roughnecks lost their King of Trios opening round matches to Team Uppercut (Bryan Danielson, Claudio Castagnoli and Dave Taylor). When Kingston moved to be hostile to Castagnoli, Lee and Redwood started wrestling matches as a tag team. With victories over Los Ice Creams (Chees Hernandez and K.C. Day, and North Star Express (Darin Corbin and Ryan Cruz), Lee and Redwood get their right to challenge Campeonatos de Parejas. On October 17, 2009, Lee and Redwood challenged The Colony (Fire Ant and Army Ant) for the championship, but were defeated in two straight falls. Lee chose to give Redwood one more chance, but when he dropped the fall on October 19 in a game against The Osirian Portal (Amasis and Ophidian), Lee kicked his face, effectively ending The Roughnecks. Redwood returned six months later on April 24, 2010, as Lee's shock enemy, but easily defeated by him. After that, Redwood stated that he was not done with Lee, but would prepare before the next game. On August 29, Lee entered the Countdown Showdown kingdom and dominated the match, before being eliminated by Redwood. On October 23, Lee suffered a disappointment in the match against Dasher Hatfield, who was beaten by Redwood the next day. On November 20, Lee and Redwood, after mutual respect, reunited and attacked Hatfield after his match with Shayne "Buck" Hawke. On January 23, 2011, in the ten premier season, The Roughnecks defeated The Throwbacks (Hatfield and Sugar Dunkerton) in a tag team match. The Roughnecks and The Throwbacks ended their feud on March 13 in a lumbering game, in which Hatfield and Dunkerton won. In May 2011, Lee entered the 12 Large: Summit , set to determine the premier Chikara Champion, but was forced to quit the tournament after his first game, after suffering a legitimate injury. Lee returned to Chikara on October 30th. After signing a development contract with WWE, Lee made her farewell appearance for Chikara on March 25, 2012, when she failed to challenge Eddie Kingston for the Grand Chikara Championship. Ring of Honor (2008-2009)
Lee made his debut for Ring of Honor (ROH) on October 25, 2008, aligning himself with The Age of the Fall and helping group leader Jimmy Jacobs to defeat Austin Aries in any Anything Go match. Lee then teamed up with fellow members of Age of the Fall, Delirious and defeated Cheech and Cloudy in a tag team match, before ending the night by attacking Necro Butcher, with whom he was in strife, after his match with Go Shiozaki. On November 7, Lee's match with Necro Butcher ended with a disqualification, when the rest of the Fall Age attacked his opponent. Lee and Necro Butcher re-match under the Anything Goes rule on February 27, 2009, which Necro won. In March, Delirious revives The Age of the Fall and on May 30 he defeated Lee in his final ROH match.
Jersey Jersey All Pro Wrestling (2009-2011)
Lee made his debut for Jersey All Pro Wrestling (JAPW) on March 28, 2009, as a member of The Hillbilly Wrecking Crew, along with Necro Butcher and Trevor Murdoch. On August 1st, Lee and Necro defeated the Royal Garden deity (Corvis Fear and Myke Quest) to win the JAPW Tag Team Championship. On January 23, 2010 at JAPW's 12th Anniversary Show, Lee and Necro lost titles to Da Heavy Hitters (Havok and Monsta Mack) in a three-way tag team match, which also included The H8 Club (Nate Hatred and Nick Gage). On March 20, Lee was challenged for the JAPW Heavyweight Championship, but was defeated by defending champion Dan Maff and, after the match, Nick Gage attacked Maff and joined The Hillbilly Wrecking Crew, replacing Murdoch, who had left the company. On May 22nd, Lee and Necro face Maff and JAPW of New Jersey State Champion Charlie Haas in a tag team match, where they put their JAPW careers in line against their opponents title. In the end, Lee successfully pinned Haas, after Maff activated it, to become the new JAPW New Jersey State Champion. On October 23, 2010, Lee challenged Dan Maff for the JAPW Heavyweight Championship in a Champion vs Champion game, but was defeated. On November 20, Lee first successfully defended the New Jersey State Championship against Eddie Kingston and then defeated Dan Maff, Nick Gage and Azrieal in the Championship Competition to win the JAPW Heavyweight Championship for the first time, bringing together two titles. Lee made his first JAPW Heavyweight Championship defense on December 11, during the Anniversary weekend, defeating Rhino with help from Nick Gage. On December 30, 2011, JAPW announced that Lee, who had not appeared for promotion in nine months, had been stripped of JAPW Heavyweight Championship.
Evolve (2010-2011)
Lee debuted for Evolve on January 16, 2010, at the first promotional event, teaming up with Gran Akuma and Icarus in a six-player team match, where they were defeated by Tim Frightning (Mike Quackenbush, Hallowicked and Frightmare). After losing a single game against Gran Akuma on March 13, Lee earned his first win at the company by beating Gran Akuma, Hallowicked and Chris Dickinson in a four-way match on 1 May. In the fourth show on July 23, Lee wrestled. Jon Moxley no contest. When Moxley protested the suspension, Lee kicked the chair into his face, which caused Evolve to suspend him for the September 11 show. Lee returned to Evolve on May 20, 2011, in a match in which he was defeated by Sami Callihan through submission.
Dragon Gate USA (2010-2011)
On May 8, 2010, Lee made his debut for Dragon Gate USA (DGUSA), defeating Cheech, Cloudy, Kyle O'Reilly, Phil Atlas, Xtremo, Brent B. and Anthony Fiasco in a dark eight-way elimination match, pay-per-view Rebellion. Then, in the pay-per-view section of the night, Lee interrupts the match between Rip Impact and Johnny Wave, defeating both competitors and declaring that next time he will come after the Japanese wrestler. At the following event on September 25, Lee beat Da Soul Touchaz (Acid Jaz, Marshe Rockett and Willie Richardson) in a three-on-one handicap game, before repeating his threat to pursue a Japanese competitor. Later in the night, Lee directs his gaze on Yamato and drives him off the ringside, as he tries to disturb the match between his allies Jon Moxley and Jimmy Jacobs. The next day, Lee beat Jimmy Jacobs, Kyle O'Reilly, Mike Quackenbush, Rich Swann and Silas Young in a six-way match. On October 29th at the first live-per-view Dragon Gate USA, Bushido: Code of the Warrior, Lee teamed up with legend Sumo Akebono in a tag team match, where they defeated The Osirian Portal. After the match, Lee and Akebono must be separated from each other with the remaining locker room of Dragon Gate USA. Later in the evening, Cima used her pick design to name Lee as the newest member of Warriors International's stadium. On the following day's recording of Freedom Fight 2010, Lee defeated Akebono in a single game. On January 28, 2011, at United: NYC , Lee, now representing the group of Blood fighters, defeated Jimmy Jacobs in a single game. The next day at United: Philly , Lee suffered his first loss in Dragon Gate USA, when he was defeated by Open Freedom Gate Yamato in a non-title match.
Dragon Gate (2010-2011)
On December 21, 2010, Lee made his debut for the promotion of Japan's Dragon Gate (DG) in Tokyo, where he, representing The Warriors stable, defeated Kzy. The Stable Warriors changed their heels on January 14, 2011, when they attacked Masato Yoshino and World-1, aligning themselves with the Naruki Doi group, although Lee himself was absent because he was snowing and could not make the show. The next day, Lee returned to DG as a member of the new top heel group, in a match, in which he, Gamma and Genki Horiguchi defeated Yamato, Kagetora and Diablo. On January 18th, the new group was called Laskar Darah.
WWE
The Wyatt Family (2012-2014)
On March 12, 2012, it was reported that Huber had signed a development contract with WWE. Huber made his debut for the WWE development area, Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) at a home event on May 18, working under the brand new ring of Luke Harper.
When FCW renamed NXT Wrestling in August 2012, Harper made his television debut on November 7th as a follower of Bray Wyatt, who introduced Harper as the "first son" of the Wyatt Family. The Wyatt family then also came to include Wyatt's "second son", Erick Rowan, with whom Harper formed a tag team. Both beat Percy Watson and Yoshi Tatsu in their first match together on January 9, 2013, NXT . On January 23 NXT , Harper and Rowan again beat Watson and Tatsu in the opening round of the NXT Team Tag Championship tournament. After winning over Bo Dallas and Michael McGillicutty in the semi-finals with Wyatt's interference, Harper and Rowan were defeated in the final tournament by Adrian Neville and Oliver Gray. Harper beat Neville on March 20 NXT . On May 2 NXT , Harper and Rowan won a three-threat elimination tag match by Neville's last pin. On May 8 NXT (recorded May 2), Harper and Rowan defeated Neville and Bo Dallas, filling for the wounded Gray, to win the NXT Tag Team Championship. After defending the title against Corey Graves and Kassius Ohno on June 5th, Harper and Rowan lost the NXT Tag Team Championship to Neville and Graves on July 17 NXT (recorded June 20th).
From 27 May Raw , WWE broadcasts a sketch of promoting the upcoming Wyatt Family debut. Vignettes show the origin of Wyatt Family wood. On July 8 Raw , Wyatt's family made their debut by attacking Kane. Harper made his WWE in-ring debut on July 26th SmackDown , where he and Rowan defeated the Ton of Funk (Brodus Clay and Tensai). Over the next few months, Harper and Rowan continued their winning streak over many teams, until Cody Rhodes and Goldust handed over their first loss on Oct. 11 SmackDown. After the Wyatt Family began hostile to CM Punk and Daniel Bryan, Harper wrestled with two singles matches, losing to Punk on November 4th Raw and to Bryan via disqualification on 8 November Smackdown . In early 2014, the Wyatt Family clashed with The Shield, defeating them in the Elimination Chamber, while also supporting Bray Wyatt in his feud with John Cena via WrestleMania XXX. Through Wyatt's hostility with Cena, Harper and Rowan also start their own feud with WWE Tag Team Champions The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso), who support Cena in hostilities. Harper and Rowan went on to fail to successfully challenge Usos for the WWE Team Tag Championship at Money in the Bank and in two of the three games to fall at the Battleground.
Intercontinental Champion (2014-2015)
Beginning on September 29, sketches were shown about Harper and Rowan being "liberated" by Wyatt, marking the dissolution of the Wyatt Family and the transition of its members into a single competition. After a further series of video sketches aimed at Dolph Ziggler, Harper returned to the TV during the November 10th closing moment, throwing an unconscious Zigler at the foot of Triple H and Stephanie McMahon and expressing her wishes. to join their team at Survivor Series. The following week at Raw , Harper officially joined the Team Authority. Soon afterwards, Harper was awarded an impromptu match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship against Dolph Ziggler, who Harper won to clinch his first title at WWE. In Survivor Series, Harper was knocked out by Zigler. As a punishment for affiliation with the Authority, Harper was forced to defend the Intercontinental Championship against Dean Ambrose on November 24th Raw and successfully defend the title after being disqualified. Harper lost the title back to Zigler in a ladder game on TLC: Table, Ladder and Chair, his reign ended in 27 days, and failed to regain the title in a rematch on December 22nd. Raw . On January 25, 2015, Harper entered the Royal Rumble match at No. 1. 4, and eliminated by Bray Wyatt. Beginning in early March, Harper was involved in the story line where he was one of many wrestlers who stole the Barrett Intercontinental Barrett Intercontinental Championship belt and one another. This led to a seven-man ladder match for the title on March 29 at WrestleMania 31, which was won by Daniel Bryan. The match caused a new feud between Harper and Dean Ambrose, with Harper losing the Chicago Street Fight between a couple in Extreme Rules. On 27 April Raw, Harper took part in the 2015 King of the Ring tournament, but was eliminated by Neville in the first round.
The Return of the Wyatt Family (2015-2017)
In early May, Harper revived his alliance with Erick Rowan. After Rowan's injury, Harper reunited with Bray Wyatt on July 19th at the Battleground by helping him defeat the Roman Government. This led to a tag team match between Harper and Wyatt against Reigns and Dean Ambrose in SummerSlam, which the Wyatt Family lost after Reigns pinned Wyatt. The next night at Raw, Braun Strowman joins Harper and Wyatt as the third member of the new Wyatt family. On The Champions Night The Wyatt Family defeats Reigns, Ambrose and Chris Jericho in a tag team match of six men. On October 19, Erick Rowan returns to the Wyatt Family when he fills in for Harper (who can not show for personal reasons).
The Wyatt family then engages in a dispute with Kane and The Undertaker, who built for a tag team match on November 22 in the Survivor Series, where both beat Harper and Wyatt. The next night at Raw, Harper teamed up with Wyatt again to defeat The Dudley Boyz, sparking a new feud. Over the following weeks, Tommy Dreamer and Rhyno joined The Dudley Boyz in hostilities, leading to a team table of eight matching tags in TLC: Table, Ladder and Chair on December 13, where Harper, Wyatt, Rowan and Strowman win. On January 24, 2016, Harper competed in the Royal Rumble with fellow Wyatt Family members and he was eliminated by Brock Lesnar, but returned to the ring later with Wyatts to eliminate Lesnar. On March 21, Harper suffered a knee injury during a dark game in Raw, marginalizing it for five to six months. After obtaining an MRI, it was revealed that he had removed his patella and tore his medial patellofemoral ligament. Because of the injury, Harper was not designed for Raw or Smackdown in the 2016 WWE draft.
Harper returns to the ring on October 5, teaming up with Kevin Owens against Sami Zayn and Seth Rollins at a Raw home event in Santiago, Chile. Four days later, Harper returned to the Smackdown brand finals, pay-per-view mercilessly, helping Bray Wyatt beat Randy Orton by distracting Orton, thus joining the Smackdown list. On December 4th at TLC: Table, Stairs & amp; Chairs, Wyatt and Orton, who recently joined the Wyatt Family, captured the Smackdown Tag Team Championship, and three days later it was announced that Harper had been approved as a champ too, making him eligible to retain the title under the "Freebird Rules". On December 13th episode of SmackDown, Harper failed to become the number one competitor for the WWE Championship in a four-way elimination game, which was won by Dolph Zigler. The Wyatts, represented by Harper and Orton, lost the Tag Team SmackDown Championship to American Alpha (Chad Gable and Jason Jordan) in a four-way elimination game on December 27th of the SmackDown episode. After the game, Harper and Orton showed tension over the defeat. After Orton and Wyatt failed to challenge American Alpha for the title on January 10, 2017, SmackDown episodes, Harper and Orton pushed each other, which caused Harper to accidentally lick Wyatt. Harper and Orton continue to have problems with each other, causing a match between the two on January 24th episode Smackdown , in which Orton wins. After the game, Wyatt takes Harper out with Sister Abigail .
During Rumble Royal 2017 on January 29, Harper entered as number 25, attacking Wyatt and Orton and getting rid of Apollo Crews, before being eliminated by Goldberg. Over the next two weeks, Harper solidified his face by coming to the WWE Champion John Cena's help in his confrontation with Wyatt and Orton at SmackDown. At the Elimination Chamber on February 12, Harper was defeated by Orton in a single game. Since Royal Rumble winner Orton refused to confront Wyatt for the WWE Championship at WrestleMania 33, a battle kingdom was set up on 21 February SmackDown to determine the new number one competitor, who saw Harper and AJ Styles become winners along with eliminating one at the same time, preparing for a singles match between the two for the following week, in which Styles wins. After a month's absence, Harper returned with a new look on the March 28 episode of SmackDown, losing to Bray Wyatt. On April 2 at the WrestleMania kickoff event 33, Harper took part in the Battle of the Andrà © Memorial Memorial, from which he was eliminated by Titus O'Neil. A few days later at SmackDown, Harper assisted Orton to fight Bray Wyatt and return Erick Rowan with two beating Wyatt and Rowan in the tag team match later on the main event. The rivalry between Harper and Rowan seems to end on Backlash on May 21, where Harper beat Rowan. On the July 4th episode of SmackDown, Harper took part in the Independence Day Battle to determine the number-one candidate for the United States Championship Kevin Owens. He failed to win because the game was eventually won by AJ Styles. After this match, Harper was not seen on television for several months.
The Bludgeon Brothers (2017-present)
Harper returns to television as a heel on the October 10 episode of SmackDown, aligning himself with Rowan. The duo is dubbed as "The Bludgeon Brothers" and Harper then drops Luke's first name from his ring name. The team grapples with their return match on November 21st episode, beating The Hype Bros (Mojo Rawley and Zack Ryder). The Bludgeon Brothers finally won the Tag Smackdown Team Championship at WrestleMania 34 from the Usos champions, after months of dominating the SmackDown tag division. They also managed to defend the title against The Usos at the Greatest Royal Rumble event in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
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Harper is a playable character in the video games WWE 2K15 , WWE 2K16 , WWE 2K17 , and WWE 2K18 .
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